Not much to say here, I suppose. A missed season may actually work in the Raptors favor. I'm down on the team slightly because of their draft day decision but, well, in for a penny in for a pound as they say.

As to the labour front, people should be reading Malcolm Gladwell on the ridiculousness of the NBA's stance:

Not much to say here, I suppose. A missed season may actually work in the Raptors favor. I'm down on the team slightly because of their draft day decision but, well, in for a penny in for a pound as they say.

As to the labour front, people should be reading Malcolm Gladwell on the ridiculousness of the NBA's stance:

I am actually reading it right now. It's not as humourous as his online stuff, at least not yet. However, it's an excellent read. Well written, and interesting. I've only just started, but it'll be one I don't put down till I'm done, I suspect.

I am actually reading it right now. It's not as humourous as his online stuff, at least not yet. However, it's an excellent read. Well written, and interesting. I've only just started, but it'll be one I don't put down till I'm done, I suspect.

I'd echo that recommendation and throw one in for "Outliers" also by Gladwell.

Yeah, I don't think using that sentence(and using ... only applies if you're not quoting a completed sentence, which that is) is in any way representative of the meaning of that sentence. This is what Gladwell actually wrote:

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A man buys a basketball team as insurance on a real estate project, flips the franchise to a Russian billionaire when he wins the deal, and then — as both parties happily count their winnings — what lesson are we asked to draw? The players are greedy.

It's a criticism on the inherent ridiculousness of the owner's position. Not an endorsement of it.

As a comparison, for Paul Allen, $5 million is the equivalent of $10 to someone worth $30,000. Would you hold up an entire sports league for $10? In fact, for Paul Allen, the entire stated losses of the league, $300 million, would be the equivalent of around $630 to someone worth $30,000.

This was in a Grantland piece on the economics of the lockout. It sort of blew my mind.

As a comparison, for Paul Allen, $5 million is the equivalent of $10 to someone worth $30,000. Would you hold up an entire sports league for $10? In fact, for Paul Allen, the entire stated losses of the league, $300 million, would be the equivalent of around $630 to someone worth $30,000.

This was in a Grantland piece on the economics of the lockout. It sort of blew my mind.

Wow, just wow. Guess it looks like a lose-lose situation for the players. And many out there still probably think the players are to blame with their greedy fat contractual demands. The above-mentioned article (link) clarifies the situation thoroughly.